What's New in the Qt Interface Framework

The following page describes new features by Qt Version. There is a separate page to list all New Classes and Functions by Qt Version.

6.8

• New API to trigger an auto discovery from the Configuration Management System
• Support for asynchronous backend loading
• Ability to disable backend updates per feature
• Port from python 'virtualenv' to 'venv'
• New CMake API for generating plugins and QML modules
• New logging category for performance metrics

6.7

• QtIfRemoteObjectsHelper is now a Qt module with public headers
• Introduction of a new QIfRemoteObjectsConfig class
• Ability to generate a main() function with useful command-line arguments in the config_server_qtro template
• Reference APIs have been moved into a separate qt-labs module

6.6

• Introduced a new "unsupported" annotation for simulation data
• Ability to deprecate ifcodegen annotations
• New compiled ifcodegen binary (helps distribution in installer)

6.5

• Introduced the Configuration Management System
• Ability to configure connectionURL and connectionTimeout in the qtro_backend template
• Ability to reconnect to a different URL in the qtro_backend template
• Ability to configure the media_simulation backend by using the new Configuration Management System

6.4

• New annotation to configure C++ namespace in ifcodegen generated code
• Improved support for newer python versions

6.3

• Ported to the QML type registration system
• Ability to use UI elements inside a application generated by the server_qtro_simulator template

6.2

• Added CMake support
• Added support to define a template search path for ifcodegen
• Rename from QtIVI to Qt Interface Framework